Quality of education is a key indicator of the development of a country. Access to schooling and literacy rates show the level of educated and informed citizens a country has. Ethopia had a 49% literacy rate in 2015, however youth literacy rates at the same year were much higher, at 69,5%.
If we separate this data by gender, adult literacy for women is set at 41.1%, whilst for young women is at 67.8%. Both men and women now attend more school and are more literate, and these have effects on family compositions and lifestyle.
Luke Chicoine, Assistant Professor at the Depa...
Este artÃculo fue publicado originalmente el 18 de mayo de 2018 en los diarios regionales de Vocento por la agencia de noticias Colpisa. En ella se cita el 7th NCID Research Workshop del Navarra Center for International Development. A continuación se reproduce parcialmente el artÃculo. Puede consultar el artÃculo original aquÃ.
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